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Food Safety

Choosing between metal detection and X-ray technology

Base your decision on needs and risk, but remember these devices should never be a replacement for GMPs.

May 16, 2016

Foreign material control, especially metal contamination, has become an integral element of food quality and safety programs.

Pest Control

Defend your plant from food pests

Now is the time to arm your facility with a better integrated pest management program.

Jeremy Gerrard

May 13, 2016

When it comes to pests, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.

Food Safety

Are you ready for the FSMA final rules?

Only one of seven FSMA final rules remains in limbo. Fortunately, FDA has stated it will teach while determining compliance.

Wayne Labs

April 25, 2016

If you feel your company is not completely ready for FSMA, you’re not alone.

Food Safety

TACCP: HACCP for threat assessments

Threat assessment and critical control point applies well-understood HACCP principles to protect food and beverage products from intentional and malicious contamination.

Wayne Labs

March 11, 2016

Nanjing, China, September 18, 2002: “Police have arrested a snack bar owner who confessed to spreading lethal rat poison into the food of his business rival on Saturday morning, killing 38 people and leaving hundreds seriously ill.”—China Daily.

Food Safety

Battling pathogens in produce

Produce is increasingly becoming associated with foodborne illnesses due to a growing number of reported outbreaks.

Debra Schug

March 4, 2016

Food writer Michael Pollan’s famous mantra, “Eat food, not much, mostly plants,” seems to have made an impact on consumers who are demanding fresh produce.

Coalition petitions FDA to ban 8 flavorings

Maine seafood processor shut down for food safety violations

Jeremy Gerrard

February 17, 2016

A federal judge ordered a Maine seafood processor to stop all production after FDA investigators found repeated food safety violations.

Food Safety

VACCP: HACCP for vulnerability assessments

Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point applies well-understood HACCP principles to protect food and beverage products from fraud and adulteration.

Wayne Labs

February 17, 2016

Endorsed by GFSI, VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point) is based on HACCP.

Don’t fumble good food safety principles this Super Bowl

Jeremy Gerrard

February 5, 2016

Let’s face it, Americans love the Super Bowl. And it’s not just the game which draws a crowd, no, it’s often the food (and partly the commercials) that steals the show.